Accountant ordered to pay ex-employer after bossware shows "time theft"

The case of Karlee Besse, an accountant in British Colombia, was recently dismissed by the Civil Resolution Tribunal CRT in Canada, with a judge ordering her to pay back her former employer, Reach CPA, for "engaging in time theft"--a revelation that wouldn't have been possible if not for software...

Working from home? You’re probably being spied on

One year ago, as countless employees settled into new routines for working from home WFH, a Reddit user shared a video online of a strange contraption: A wire coat hanger bent out of shape, one side gripping an external USB mouse, the other side latched onto an oscillating fan. As the fan swished...

On Surveillance in the Workplace

Data & Society just published a report entitled "Workplace Monitoring & Surveillance": This explainer highlights four broad trends in employee monitoring and surveillance technologies: Prediction and flagging tools that aim to predict characteristics or behaviors of employees or that are designed...

A week in security (September 4 – September 10)

Last week, we looked into expired domain names being used for malvertising, delved into dubious Facebook apps, and checked out Chinese seminar scams. We also explained the whys and wherefores of false positives, explained what Google is doing with HTTPs, warned you away from a fake DHS email, and...